Octave Aubry

Octave Aubry

(1881/1946)

Historian, essayist, but also novelist and poet, he devoted himself primarily to Napoleon and Napoleon III. He was elected to the French Academy in 1946, but he was never formally inducted, having died before he could submit his acceptance speech to the reading committee.

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Hubertine Auclert

(1848 /1914 )

A French feminist activist, journalist, and writer, she fought for women's eligibility and suffrage, and founded the newspaper La Citoyenne and the society Le Droit des femmes.

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Jules Auffray

Jules Auffray

(1852/1916)

Politician. Grandson of Doctor Boulu, physician to Napoleon III. Director of the Saint-Germain newspaper, a Catholic and royalist publication.

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Emile Augier

Emile Augier

(1820/1889)

Poète et dramaturge, il connaît de grands succès au théâtre. Il est élu à l’Académie française en 1857.

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Caroline Aupick

(1793/1871)

Mère du poète français Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867). Elle épousa Joseph-François Baudelaire en 1819 puis Jacques Aupick en 1828.

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